Cuff button



Feb 6, 1923.

L NOVAK. CUFF BUTTON.

FILED MAR. 13, 1922.

ATTO RN EY Patented Feb. 6, 1923.

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JOSEPH NOVAK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CUFF BUTTON.

Application filed March13, 1922. Serial No. 543,310.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPH NOVAK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cuff Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cuff buttons, and an object of the invention is to provide a cuff button which is designed to hold a shirt cuff in its proper shape and in adjusted positions along the arm of the user thereby permitting him to pull his shirt sleeve upwardly along his arm to any desired height at. which point the cuff button cooperating with the shirt cuff will act to securely hold the shirt sleeve, thereby permitting free use of the lower portions of the arms in doing certain kinds of work without the work being impeded by the shirt sleeves, and also permitting the washing of the arms without soiling the shirt sleeves or cuffs.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cuff button as specified which is interchangeable, eliminating its stretched portion and permitting the button portions proper to be connected for use as an ordinary type of cuff button, the said cuff button being an improvement over the analogous structure disclosed in my companion application filed Dec. 15, 1921, Serial No. 522,571.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is an edge elevation of the improved cuff button or link showing it in use.

Fig. 2 is a view partly in side elevation, and partly in section, of the improved. cuff button.

Fig. 3 is a view partly in elevation, and partly in vertical section through the im proved cuff button.

Fig. 1 is an enlarged detail view showing a modified form of the cuff button.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the improved cuff button structure comprises buttons or heads 1 and 2 which may be made in any desired artistic design to meet the various desires and requirements of purchasers. The head 1 has a cylinder 3 formed thereon, or connected thereto in any suitable manner which cylinder is provided with spaced longitudinally extending slots 4 and 5. A spring retaining cylinder 6 is mounted within the cylinder 3, and has a spiral spring der 6. A removable cover 10 is provided to permit withdrawal of the cylinder 6 and ribbon 9 from the cylinder 3' to permit the heads 1 and 2 to be used as an ordinary oufi button, eliminating the stretching features of the structure.

The ribbon 9 is attached to the button head 2 by the connector 11 and the cylinder 3 has inserting sections 12 for insertion in receiving recesses 13 which are carried by the extension 14: on the head 2 to permit use of the heads 1 and 2 without utilizing the web or ribbon 9. The opening or slot 5 is provided to permit the ribbon 9 to be passed therethrough for connection with the head or button 2 and at such time it will be noted that the ribbon will extend about a portion of the outer surface of the cylinder 3 preventing contact of the metal cylinder with the arm of the wearer. The cylinder 3 also has an auxiliary set of in serting snap sections 15 carried thereby which may be used for cooperating with the recesses 13 to permit the binding of the edges of the cufl A closer together.

In Fig. 4: of the drawings a slight modification of the drawings is shown in which the shaft 8 has discs 6' mounted thereon between which the ribbon 9 passes for rolling upon the shaft and the shaft 8 has coil springs 7 attached thereto adjacent each end and outwardly of the discs 6, which coil. springs are mounted to provide winding rotation of the shaft 8'.

It will also be apparent that the cuff but-- ton heads 1 and 2 may be used independently of the web or ribbon 9 without removing the web or ribbon from the cylinder 3, if it is so desired.

It is, of course, to be understood that the invention may be constructed in other manners and the parts associated in other relations and, therefore, I do not desire to be limited in any manner except as set forth in the claims hereunto appended.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. In a cuff link, button heads, a yieldable extensible member oletachably connected to said button heads, and means for connecting; said button heads independent of said extensible member. v

2. In a cuff link structure, button heads, a strip of fabric detachably connected to said button heads, means connected to said fabric for normally drawing said button heads towards each other, said means adapted to permit connected movement of said button heads away from each other, and fastener structures connected to said button heads for connecting them independently of said strip of fabric.

3. In a cui'i link structure, a pair of button heads, a cylinder carried by one of said but ton heads, a spring roller structure detachably carried Within said cylinder, a strip of fabric connected to said spring rollerstructure and detachably connected to the other button head, inserting snap fastener structures carried by said cylinder, and receiving snap fastener structure carried by the other button head for receiving said inserting'structures to connect the button heads independ' ently of said strip offabric.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOSEPH NOVAK. 

